A CENTRE to help Burnley teenagers prepare for the world of work has been officially opened.

The Link Centre' at Burnley College, which has been established to provide vocational training for 14 to 16-year-old pupils was officially opened by the mayor.

The centre will support teenagers through the last two years of their secondary education and is a collaboration with secondary schools in the town.

It is being housed in the former Burnley Grammar School building in School Lane and has been renovated to provide workshops and new classrooms.

Pupils will be able to study for vocational GCSEs in construction, engineering, business, health and social care. leisure and tourism and information technology.